Young boy hurt as 'drunk' mum crashes car
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The mother of a young boy who suffered facial injuries after their car slammed into a power pole was allegedly more than three times over the limit, police say.
The five-year-old was unrestrained in the front passenger seat when the car left the road and hit the pole in Gateshead, south of Newcastle, on Sunday night, they allege.
The boy suffered facial and internal injuries, but managed to walk with his mother, 30, to a relative's house nearby.
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He was taken to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital.
His mother, from Gateshead, later returned a breath-test reading of 0.160 and was charged with drink driving.
The legal breath limit for fully qualified car drivers is 0.05.
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